Utility functions

1.
(جثو)

جَثَا and جَثَى(Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ)عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ, (Ṣ, Mṣb,) aor. ـُ and ـِ, inf. n. جُثُوُّ and جُثِىُّ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,)He sat upon his knees;(Ḳ, TA;) for the purpose of contention or disputation, or the like: (TA:) or جثا[and جثى]he kneeled; put himself in a kneeling posture; which is the mode of sitting of him who is contending or disputing: (AZ, Ḥar p. 512:)[or he put down his knees upon the ground and raised his buttocks; i. e. he kneeled with his body and thighs erect, or nearly so: see جَاثٍ:] and جَثَا لِرُكْبَتِهِhe fell[upon his knee]; and جَثَوْا لِلرُّكَبِ[they fell upon the knees, and sank backwards so as to rest the body upon the keels or upon the left foot bent sideways beneath; for]جُثُوٌّ is the manner of sitting of theمُتَشَهِّد[in prayer]: (Ḥam p. 287:) or جَثَا, (Ḳ, TA,) inf. n. جَثْوٌ and جُثُوٌ, (TA,)he stood upon the extremities of his toes;(Ḳ;) like جَذَا; from which AO reckons it to be formed by substitution [of ث for ذ]; but IJ says that they are two dial. vars. (TA.) Aboo-Thumámeh says,

* أُخَاصِمُهُمْ مَرَّ۩ً قَائِمًا *

* وَأَجْثُو إِذَا مَا جَثَوْا لِلرُّكَبْ *

[I contending, or disputing, with them one time standing, and falling upon my knees when they fell upon their knees]. (Ḥam p. 287.)

3.
(جاثو)

جَاَُيْتُ رُكْبَتِى إِلَى رُكْبَتِهِ, (Ḳ, and so in some copies of the Ṣ,) or جَاثَيْتُهُ رُكْبَتِى إِلَى رُكْبَتِهِ, (so in other copies of the Ṣ,)[I sat, or sat with him, with my knee to his knee, each of us sitting upon his knees, in contending or disputing: see 1]: and جَاثَيْتُهُ alone, (Ṣ voce حَاضَرْتُهُ,)[signifies the same,] inf. n. مُجَاثَاةٌ(Ḳ and TA voce مُحَاَضرَةٌ)[and جِثَآءٌ: see also 6].

4.
(اجثو)

اجثاهُ(Ṣ, Ḳ)He made him to sit upon his knees:[see 1:] or he made him to stand upon the extremities of his toes.(Ḳ.)

6.
(تجاثو)

تَجَاثَوْا عَلَى الرُّكَب[They sat together upon their knees], (Ṣ, Ḳ,) in contending or disputing; inf. n. مُجَاثَاةٌ and جِثَآءٌ, which are [properly inf. ns. of 3, but are] thus used as inf. ns. of a verb to which they do not conform. (TA.)

verb form: 6. ― (signification - A2)

التَّجَاثِى فِى إِشَالَةِ الحَجَرِ is like التَّجَاذِ ى[The vying, one with another, in lifting the stone, for trial of strength]. (TA.)

جُثًا

جُثًا, or جُثًى, [pl. of جُثْوَةٌ, q. v.]

juvF ＝ (dissociation - B1)

[Also]A company, or congregated body, of men; (TA;) or so جَثْوَةٌ↓(Bḍ in xlv. 27)[orجُثْوَةٌ↓]: and companies, or congregated bodies, thereof. (TA.) It has the former meaning in a trad., where it is said, يَصِيرُونَ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ جُثًا كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تَتْبَعُ نَبِيَّهَا[They shall become, on the day of resurrection, a company, or congregated body, each people following its prophet: or here the pl. meaning is more reasonable]: and the latter in the trad., فُلَانٌ مِنْ جُثَى جَهَنَّمَ[Such a one is of the companies, or congregated bodies, of Hell, or Hellfire], accord. to one recital: otherwise, مِنْ جُثِىِّ↓ جَهَنَّمَof those that sit upon the knees therein.(TA.)

juvF ＝ (dissociation - C1)

الجُثَا is also said to have been A certain idol, to which sacrifices were performed.(TA.)

جَثْوَةٌ

جُثْوَةٌ

جُثْوَةٌ andجِثْوَةٌ↓ andجَثْوَةٌ↓Stones collected together:(Ṣ, Ḳ:) or the stones of earth collected together like the[mound over a]grave: and the first, a hillock: or a heap of earth:(TA:) or collected earth:(Ḥam p. 399:) or a quantity collected of earth &c.: (Ḥam p. 381:) and (hence, Ḥam p. 381)a grave:(TA, Ḥam pp. 381 and 399:) pl. جُثًا, (TA, Ḥam p. 399,) or جُثْى. (Ḥam ib.) It is said in a trad., رَأَيْتُ قُبُورَ الشُّهَدَآءِ جُثًاI saw the tombs of the martyrs[to be]collections of earth.(TA.) And جُثَى الحَرَمِ(pl. of جُثْوَةٌ, TA) and جِثَى الحَرَمِ(pl. ofجِثْوَةٌ↓, TA) signify What are collected, in the sacred territory, of the stones of theجِمَار[or pebbles cast at Minè]: (Ṣ:) or this is a mistake; (Ḳ;) pointed out by Ṣgh in the TṢ: (TA:) the meaning is, what are collected together of the stones that are set[in heaps]at the limits of the sacred territory: or theأَنْصَاب[or stones set up around the Kaabeh]upon which victims were slain in sacrifice.(Ḳ, TA.)

word: جُثْوَةٌ ＝ (dissociation - B1)

Also i. q.جَذْوَةٌ[A live coal; or piece of fire; &c.]: (Ḳ:) or so جَثْوَةٌ↓ andجَثْوَةٌ↓: (TA:) or جثوةٌ مِنْ نَارٍ: (Fr, TA:) asserted by Yaạḳoob to be formed by substitution [of ث for ذ]. (TA.)

word: جُثْوَةٌ ＝ (dissociation - C1)

And The middle[of a thing]. (IAạr, Ḳ, TA: but omitted in the CK and in a MṢ. copy of the Ḳ.)

word: جُثْوَةٌ ＝ (dissociation - D1)

And The body, with the limbs or members; syn. جَسَدٌ: (Ḳ:) or so جُثْوَةٌ: pl. جُثًى. (Sh, TA.)

جُثَآءٌ

جَاثٍ

جَاثٍSitting upon his knees: or standing upon the extremities of his toes:(Ḳ:) and [simply]sitting: or [kneeling with his body and thighs erect, or nearly so; i. e.]putting down his knees[upon the ground]and raising his buttocks:(TA:)[see also 1, of which it is the part. n.:] pl. جُثِىٌ and جِثِىٌّ; (Ḳ;) or these may be pls., like بُكىٌّ and بكىٌ, pls. of بَاك; or inf. ns. used as epithets [as is indicated in the Ṣ]. (Er-Rághib, TA.) You say قَوْمٌ جُثِىٌّ[A company of men sitting upon their knees]; (Ṣ, Mṣb;) like as you say جَلَسَ جُلُوسًا and قَوْمٌ جُلُوسٌ. (Ṣ.) And hence, in the Ḳur [xix. 73], وَنَذَرُ الظَّالِمِينَ فِيهَا جُثِيًّا, and جِثِيًّا also, with kesr to the ج because of the kesr of the letter following it, [And we will leave the wrongdoers therein, sitting upon their knees.](Ṣ.) And فُلَانٌ مِنْ جُثِىِّ جَهَنَّمَ: see جُثًا. (TA.) And, in the Ḳur [xlv. 27], وَتَرَي كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً(TA)And thou shalt see every people sitting upon the knees,(Bḍ, Jel,)in an upright posture, not at ease:(Bḍ:) or congregated;(Bḍ, Jel;) from جَثْوَةٌ signifying “a company,” or “congregated body.” (Bḍ.) Whence, (TA,)سُورَةُ الجَاثِيَةِThe[forty-fifth]chapter, of the Ḳur-án, next after that calledالدُّخَان. (Ṣ, TA.)